Cas a&e video biography of william shakespeare

William Shakespeare: Life of Drama

A&E Biography

(A&E Television Networks, 1996)

Running Time: 47 Minutes

William Shakespeare: Life Of Drama

He is the world’s most influential and admired writer, a man whose imaginative genius still moves us, nearly four centuries after his death.

William Shakespeare’s tumultuous life produced an unmatched legacy of drama and poetry.

Cas a&e video biography of william shakespeare

But the Bard’s own story remains, for the most part, a mystery. In this remarkable program, BIOGRAPHY® pieces together the clues of Shakespeare’s identity, from his comfortable youth in Stratford-on-Avon and his marriage to an older woman at eighteen to the night of carousing that led to his death at age fifty-two.

Film excerpts, dramatic readings and location footage provide a glimpse into his little-known-life and his astonishing twenty-year career as a playwright and actor.

Join BIOGRAPHY® for an in-depth look at William Shakespeare, the great